Saab 9000 – A four-wheeled airplane

Today, I’m going to tell you the story of the Saab 9000 which is the most Italian of Swedish cars. It was built from 1984 to 1998 on Fiat’s Type Four platform sharing it with Fiat Croma, Lancia Thema, and Alfa Romeo 164. But each of these cars has its own unique interpretation of the platform, and the Saab 9000 is not an exception.
Owners usually described Saab 9000 as an airplane. You press the pedal, and it starts to accelerate as if it’s going to take off right now. An incredible acceleration, very comfortable seats, very convenient driving controls, and a lot of room both on the front seats and in the rear.
In acceleration on a straight line, it was essentially faster than BMW and Mercedes Benz of that time. The Aero version of Saab 9000 was even faster than Ferrari Testarossa or a Porsche Carrera 4 in a 50-75 mph acceleration.
They were very reliable cars that can make 300-400K miles and more without an engine rebuilding.

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[michaelsutton]

Bought my 1996 9000 Aero 5spd as a beater. I now have a spare parts car and an extra engine to keep mine running as long as possible

[TheSaabClinicUK]

9000 Aero owner here too !. Mine is on 154, 000 miles now. Luckily for me i get to see many 9000's every week even now. I run "The SAAB Clinic" and we specialise in tuning these wonderful cars.

[marknelson]

I've just bought a silver 1997 9000 Aero manual, in immaculate condition with full service history. Been in the same family since 2002. Just how you want to buy them ie well cared for by a Saab family.

[STOLerant]

Absolutely adore my '94 9000 Aero

[alexbritch]

I own a '96 Aero aswell! Not in PERFECT cosmetic shape but man what a car! Blast to drive

[pederfallbom]

9000 Aero owner here, the best Saab version in my opinion 👍🇸🇪

[Mindblazter]

Beutiful car.. have owned maybe 15 of this in my younger years. So good cars in many ways.

[kenmoore]

I drive mine everyday, 9000 Aero. Outstanding car on 180, 000 miles all original.

[vibingwithvinyl]

8:56 The 3-litre V6 in the 9000 was not turbocharged, it was naturally aspirated.

[EricG-]

Great clip - thanks for putting it together.
Love my 1995 Aero. 5 speed, stage 3 Maptun.
Just clicked over 350, 000 km and runs beautifully
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[ЛюбаЯрославцева-жб]

Отличное произношение, истиннно русский ) без обид. А СААБ отличные машины строила.

[patrickmonaghan]

Really great and informative history of this equally great car. I have owned 4 9000 Aero's and still own one, a 1995. I would have kept them, however people either kept running into me and totalling them or helping family by giving them over. I am keeping this last one and that is for sure

[prosipp]

my absolut favorit, 6 of them in the past, all 2, 3 ltt 170hp, now back for a full spec low milage 2, 3 turbo aero -97, and im soo happy

[johnsvideotimelapses]

Good video and love for these cars has grown so much over the last 20 years. Stage three hybrid turbo 1997 9000 aero in black with tan leather as my daily driver and a griffin for effortlessly wafting along

[winston]

The 99 was a pretty cool little car. So was the 96 V4.
I wouldn't mind having 9-2x Linear...

[jounipenttila]

Just read today, that one V8 prototype engine was made around 1988 here in Finland by Saab-Valmet and Valmet Linnavuori factories. The project was kind of secret. When the engine was ready it was assembled to a Saab 9000 and also introduced in Saab Sweden. It never went to a production. Because of the small space under the hood the V8 engine was made by joining together two 4 cylinder engines together!

[luketaplin]

What a fantastic vid
Respect brother❤
I absolutely love the the Saab brand
My Dad had 900 Turbos in the 80s then 900s with APC for engine management he ended up with a T16 AERO in the uk so 185bhp very quick car back then
My brother got hold of a 9000cse 150 bhp and threw a lot of money into it to make it AERO a seats wheels suspension and a 2.3liter engine made just over 300bhp
Really sad how Saab got sold off and just disappeared they were a proper car builder

[anthonybarrett]

Thanks for the video.I owned a combi coop 93, great.A 900 4 door manual, great.A 9000 turbo auto.The turbo engine and gearbox were amazing.The floorpan/chassi were the most flexible/useless that I have encountered.I just bought a Subaru Forester and even though I liked the strength of the early SAABS the fit and finish of this makes all previous cars look like junk.

[petezzzz]

"horsepowers" 😅
I love it. I'm going to use this from now on!